Cuba was mostly without electricity on Saturday morning after the island state network collapsed the night before, knocking out electricity for 10 million people and asking fresh questions about the sustainability of their antiquity generation system.
In sunrise, Island network The UNE operator said that he only creates electricity electricity – about 225 MW, or less than 10% of total demand, enough to cover some vital services such as hospitals, water supply and food production center.
Cuba working to re -establish an electrical service after the second network collapsing
Officials said they began the process of shooting the plant for generations of the old decade, but did not give a time tape to renovate the service.
The Cuba network failed on Friday night at 8:15 pm (0015 GMT) after the aging component of the transmission line in the Havana substation, starting with a chain reaction that completely excluded the production of energy throughout the island, said UNA officials.
People walk down the street during the demolition of the national electric network, in Havana, Cuba, March 14, 2025. (Reuters/Normlys Perez)
The grid collapse follows a series of disappearances throughout the country late last year, which has pushed the system to create a fragile cubic force into an almost total mess, emphasized by a lack of fuel, a natural disaster and an economic crisis.
Most Cubanans outside the capital of the country Havana For months, they have been living with the rolling of the darkening that has reached 20 hours a day in recent weeks.
Havana was still mostly without electricity on Saturday morning. A light traffic panel with a traffic without functional views and mobile internet was weak or non -existent in some areas.
Abel Bonne spoke with his friends at Havana Malecon Waterfront Boulevard early on Saturday, taking a fresh sea breeze after a pushing night without electricity.
“Nobody knows at the moment when power will come back,” he said. “This is the first time that happened this year, but last year it happened three times.”
A serious lack of food, medicine and water has made life unbearable for many Cubans, and people have fled from the island in record numbers in recent years.
Cuba blame his economic troubles on a Cold War sources American trade embargo, a network of laws and regulations that complicate financial transactions and acquire basic things such as fuel and spare parts.
A grid official on Saturday morning said Cuba couldn’t update antiques components of transmission and generation due to limit.
US President Donald Trump recently tightened sanctions on the island communist government, promising to bring back a “heavy” policy towards a long -time American enemy.
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The Havana Yunior Reyes resident, a bicycle driver, returned to work on Saturday morning, despite the darkening, distorting that his food reserves could spoil him in warmth.
“We’re all in the same situation,” he said. “There’s a lot of work to do.”
